Savitri Era

Monday, November 02, 2020

Shortened the Twitter handle to @SavitriEra on October 28, 2020

Shortened the handle to @SavitriEra so that it's not taken away by somebody else.

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#SavitriEra of those who adore,

Om #SriAurobindo & #TheMother.

Tusar Nath Mohapatra @NathTusar Director, Savitri Era Learning Forum (SELF) #WorldUnion #ARYA100Years (1914-21)

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Twenty years since I pasted the first communication on our colony notice board on October 15, 2000 announcing Savitri Era Learning Forum (SELF). Internet in 2005 ushered in a paradigm shift and volcanic changes in engaging with spirituality. @shantprakash's book came on 15.10.20.

Never imagined that I could publish instantly in Twitter but technology has provided the opportunity. What I write is a cumulative product of sixty years but unfortunately most here fail to realise the gigantic potential of the brand and so don't endorse due to ego and ignorance. https://t.co/XmEIf4UeZB

More decibels, more visibility, and aggressive marketing are the means how the message of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo can spread far and wide. Slight sympathy on this score won't allow to sleep in peace. That kind of zeal is the need of the hour; see, how other organisations gear.

After reading "Sri Aurobindo and Hinduism," a 2006 speech by Peter Heehs, I was stunned. It struck me how Indian mythology is going to be like Greek mythology. Then The Secret of the Veda further cemented the prospect. So no illusions now. An example of how precision is paramount https://t.co/0eZAq76fap

Some are endowed with sizable muscles but they mistake them for intellectual muscle as well. They push the party line and wonder why everyone else is not following it. They display impatience and annoyance at at any sign of dissidence. Thus knowing right has a lot of importance.

There seems to be no clue as to why ideologies are witnessing fermentation or reconfiguration but fortunately for us Sri Aurobindo dwelt upon such prospects from a Vedic Evolutionary angle in The Human Cycle exactly a century before #FiveDreams #WorldUnion #ARYA100Years (1914-21)

Human wants, instincts, and impulses fuel economy. Sentiments such as possessing or controlling propel politics. But, interestingly, all these feelings and forces also form the basic ingredients for spirituality and yoga psychology. That's why Sri Aurobindo said All life is yoga. https://t.co/DqbETBWnmw

The concept of a Parliament or Democracy predate mass media. TV and Internet have corrupted many facets of Democracy. Creating spectacles or abnormal incidents before elections have become a norm which sway voters. Thus unless rules of the game are adhered to, it will be a farce.

Sri Aurobindo is the meeting point and RSS is inching towards him whereas no such sign is visible from the opposite camp. #ARYA100Years (1914-21) has set the agenda a century back and therefore no need for any fresh ideological quest either. #FiveDreams #WorldUnion #SavitriEra

It's necessary to understand the hand of Evolution behind events. Why Hinduism struggles for legitimacy in its own homeland is worth analysing. Sri Aurobindo said a century back that it's a sinking ship. Ambedkar jumped from one sinking ship to another. #SavitriEra is the future.

Defenders of Hinduism deserve praise for their zeal and dedication but prudence warrants vigilance and responding to warning signals. Secondly, it needs to be decided whether what the village priest says is final or one should check what a person like Sri Aurobindo has predicted.

Chronology is important. CPI and RSS were born in 1925 but Sri Aurobindo had already published The Human Cycle in #ARYA100Years (1914-21). Even, Swaraj Party came later in 1923. Sri Aurobindo has reinvented the Veda and turned it into of universal appeal.

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It's the duty of every intellectual in India to celebrate #ARYA100Years (1914-21) and spread awareness about its epochal contents. @DrRPNishank should lend a helping hand in orienting students in #SriAurobindo's socio-political worldview culminating in #WorldUnion and #FiveDreams

Veda is a repulsive and retrograde word for many but in the context of Sri Aurobindo it doesn't mean mastering the whole text. Understanding that Indra is the lord of Indriyas (senses) and thus Indra stands for mind is enough. Then all other terms fall into place; new world opens

Modernity allows to disagree and hold alternative views. Even faiths based on pre-modern texts are to be respected. But thankfully The Mother & Sri Aurobindo provide a robust new worldview and nothing matches it in vision and sophistication. #SavitriEra indisputably is the future

2020 has seen a decipherable surge among the young to read Sri Aurobindo. Once you develop a mild appreciation for him, a lifelong love affair begins. But one thing should be made clear. Engaging with Sri Aurobindo amounts to entering a new religion; conversion is slow and steady

PR by definition is dishonest and manipulative; yet modern society is heavily reliant upon it. Peer review is one method to check hyperbole but not foolproof. Selective amnesia is another intellectual crime. Insinuation is like backstabbing; what Ashish Nandy did to Sri Aurobindo

I keep on repeating that we have no right to add or subtract anything from what The Mother & Sri Aurobindo have left behind. Many of their formulations may seem impossible but the responsibility is theirs. Similarly, the entry point for each person is different from the other one

Catering to popular sentiments, Sri Aurobindo used to quote Gita and the Upanishads but later he shifted to the Veda. Western tradition lacks this source and therefore in every philosophical writing one finds the author shuttling among Kant, Plato, Socrates, Gospel, Homer, et al.

Evolutionary task of transcending present imperfections is the basic concern of Sri Aurobindo while ethics is the be all and end all of Western discourse. Thus, politics and economics are potent instruments for any large human action necessary to steer Evolutionary inevitability.

Grasp on Bengal's history since Chaitanya is necessary to understand the significance of Sri Aurobindo's agenda. Even the lack of Development is a profound philosophical issue which is far from being settled. Poetry and music have scoured heaven and earth and the quest continues. https://t.co/HDTbJPw61B

Academic studies are disproportionately dependent upon published works but a person might be drastically different from what he wrote. His views may be polar opposite after a passage of time. He might appear perfectly humble in his book but turns out to be a vicious troll in SM.

Yes, that's the other side of the picture like the dark side of the moon. Now that podcasts and webinars are multiplying, capturing what's spoken in print has become an additional challenge. Though published they are not searchable. So archiving or retrieval poses a huge problem.

RW journals have published thousands of articles but no proper appraisal of their worth can be found. In the absence of critical assessment, quality is difficult to maintain. There's also a lack of competent neutral voices. So, promoting healthy criticism is vital for excellence.

It has become quite respectable to say my blood boils but a civil society has no place for it. Dialogue is the only way and decent language has no substitute. Flouting it is easy but consequences follow. So following the middle path or golden mean is necessary instead of extremes

Just because someone has written a book on Justice, he can't be adjudged as an embodiment of justice and fair play. He can be partisan and obstinate in his verdicts. Thus, telling the right thing is important but we don't find many such voices in the present polarised atmosphere.

Following Sri Aurobindo means being part of a collective yoga. Collaboration with Evolution is automatic. Reading his books is not merely an intellectual activity but pressing levers of Evolutionary trajectory. Unseen implications are much more than what one performs voluntarily. https://t.co/FCgNj2tPHM

Sri Aurobindo rescues the later from clutches of sectarian organised religions and puts it under universal, voluntary, & collaborative Yoga.

[The Unknown is not the Unknowable; it need not remain the unknown for us, unless we choose ignorance or persist in our first limitations.]

While celebrating #ARYA100Years (1914-21), it needs to be remembered that every phase of politics in the past has its own meaning and significance. So, there's no point in blaming; each faction has contributed but we are moving towards a grand harmony in line with #SriAurobindo's

A gigantic opportunity but humanity hasn't been able to frame the right questions during the last seven months. Development, Environment, and Education need overhaul but no well thought out policies are in sight. The Mother & Sri Aurobindo provide excellent guidance on this score

Any branch of Sri Aurobindo's writings requires a lifetime but acquiring the essence of Sri Aurobindo isn't very difficult.

1. The Veda is symbolic. So Rituals are redundant,

2. Religions are political. Yoga is volitional;

3. Mind has evolved with time. Supermind will replace it.

This is the age of Management and AI but I keep on repeating that no one can surpass Sri Aurobindo in strategy or nothing can overtake #SriAurobindo as a brand. Just recognise this and see how you can benefit in pure material terms. #ARYA100Years (1914-21) should trigger a surge.

Democracy in embryonic form was introduced in India in 1909 and it remains a guided one till this day. RSS is the midwife at present and such an arrangement can't be said to be totally unhealthy. Democracy itself being a theoretical construct, how it evolves has its own validity.

Savitri Era is not to wallow in the shallow knowledge of the past but to wake up to the luminous future inaugurated by The Mother & Sri Aurobindo. It's an open invitation without any conditions. No initiation, no rituals, no fixed system of practice. Leap from the Veda to SAVITRI

Leftist scholars left out events in history and many intellectual outputs from their books in a arbitrary manner just to conform to their political ideology. In the process they inflicted irreparable damage to academics. How soon that can be reversed? Hindutva shouldn't repeat it

Ethics is not the monopoly of any party or any nation. Problem is this partisanship where one side claims righteousness. Defending a good cause in a bad way spoils everything. Deliberately twisting an argument or erecting a strawman is dishonest. Whataboutery, scapegoating common

Please don't tag me in copy & paste tweets. Requesting all to write in own words so that there's some value addition. It also makes the tweet interesting for others to read. Some effort-courage is needed and there's no dearth of material to write about The Mother & Sri Aurobindo.

Sri Aurobindo pleading for Cripps Mission in 1942 is an interesting episode. He knew it won't succeed yet tried his best. Working out through ignorance is an important formula; not to force results. Present happenings need to be seen in that light. Spotting who's right is crucial

Major organisations like RKM, RSS, Congress, and Arya Samaj never encouraged their members to read Sri Aurobindo's books. A whole generation has suffered due to this. So Marxists are not the only one to blame. Mainstream journalists too played a role in blacking out Sri Aurobindo

Political compulsion has forced the present regime to take a moderate line but ideologically they are nowhere near Sri Aurobindo. So it's incumbent upon the Savitri Erans to highlight the future vision of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo. #ARYA100Years (1914-21) #FiveDreams #WorldUnion

Instant communication is so common today but the local is getting more and more strengthened. Be it festivals, music, or language, people residing far away from each other are finding identification in the local. Despite all kinds of fusion and hybridisation, the local is reborn.

In certain professions like teaching or journalism, intellectual content is likely to invade one's life. In such cases, Sri Aurobindo's writings prove to be an anchor as well as a constant touchstone. To maintain that demarcation consciously can be the most perfect form of yoga.

Odisha has a long history of being a melting pot of diverse religions and schools of Darshana. Significantly, #SriAurobindo's philosophy has the largest following and mass penetration in Odisha now. Ordinary persons being aware of Evolution and SAVITRI is not a small achievement.

Very nicely explained but I have one doubt. One shouldn't meddle in the internal affairs of two countries. Too much of involvement with the politics of previous country is against the ethical need of being concerned with the new country. Hope you agree.

Jainism has ancient roots in Odisha but Buddhism which grew as a fictional imitation of it is attracting more attention. #Jagannath cult is also being aggressively pushed as original, authentic, and most representative of #Odisha's past. Intellectual honesty needed to face truth.

Involvement of women in rituals and commensurate socialising advantages are a big bulwark of organised religions. Indoctrination of children too is a corollary. The Mother & Sri Aurobindo challenging this grand alliance is a civilisational breakthrough. Rationality will vanquish.

No man ever steps in the same river twice, said Heraclitus. Modi follows that and the idiom, Never looked back. He never repeats and always draws his agenda anew. Every morning is a new morning. So the word policy with its going round and round connotations is meaningless for him

I'm so grounded that I have no wings but if at all leaning right is perceived, then it's better as #SeeAright

Similarly, if science is incapable of accommodating the futuristic Cosmological framework of Sri Aurobindo, then let's call it #Lighnce

Key is Evolution,

Open invitation.

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Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Reciting SAVITRI is an Evolutionary act

Savitri Era Party has boldly provided an intellectual alternative for the last fifteen years and many have benefited even by opposing. The Mother & Sri Aurobindo have prepared a complete formulation and there's no need to add or subtract anything. But Trojan horses, not uncommon. https://t.co/beYEY3644r

For many people The Secret of the Veda by Sri Aurobindo is of minor importance in comparison to Savarkar, Ambedkar, or Sita Ram Goel. There's no remedy to such stupidity. Thus it's the responsibility of each educated individual to look beyond popular opinion for reading the book.

The first necessity is to accept that Sri Aurobindo has given the most coherent and scientific worldview. From that hypothesis, one can journey through diverse comparative studies. This top-down avenue is easy otherwise, analysing #SriAurobindo with a bottom-up approach is tough.

Each person is a prisoner of his or her worldview. There's no easy escape unless one fights against received wisdom and examines everything anew. For this new tools are needed and The Mother & Sri Aurobindo have supplied them in plenty. Any other route is not going to bear fruit. https://t.co/IoO1o0Dibd

Not to be intimidated by the dominant narrative is important. #ARYA100Years (1914-21) is bound to come to the forefront by sheer merit. Present juvenility is a phase and a critical mass is sure to overgrow it. Alternatively, a devotional spirit can emerge and inundate the nation. https://t.co/hI5Gr1QtxT

Those approvingly mentioning the name of Sri Aurobindo alongwith other modern day gurus should understand that he is a tough critic and his books are subversive of tradition. This project launched by The Mother & Sri Aurobindo #ARYA100Years (1914-21) aims at demolishing religions https://t.co/nK47WUndqW

Many aspects and many approaches but better to forget about the Kolkata phase of Sri Aurobindo. Similarly, visiting Ashram has nothing much to do with his relevance. #ARYA100Years (1914 - 21) is the real kernel of his contribution which redefined the course of human civilisation.

#NobelPrize2020 in physics has triggered interest in Cosmological speculations but it needs be clearly understood that what science has shown so far is child's play. Sri Aurobindo in his The Life Divine has delineated the most authentic account of it in #ARYA100Years (1914 - 21).

Gandhi returned to India in 1915. Gita Rahasya by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak was published in 1915. But #ARYA100Years (1914-21) by Sri Aurobindo laid the foundation for the new India and the new World. All are requested to celebrate its Centenary for fruition of his #FiveDreams

Social and Political Evolution of Man: As Visioned by Sri Aurobindo (A Brief Study) by Samar Basu (1981) #FiveDreams #WorldUnion #ARYA100Years #SriAurobindo

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Conventional wisdom and Perennial philosophy are formidable obstacles. The Mother & Sri Aurobindo encourage to question them mercilessly and prune them ruthlessly. #ARYA100Years (1914-21) established new canons of metaphysical understanding in consonance with Judeo-Vedic prophecy.

Democracy envisages a vibrant society between govt and a citizen. Thus, the individual is at the mercy of multifarious groups and institutions the dynamics of which might be incongruent with law. This constitutes a major flaw. Ethical paradigm by scattered individuals is pivotal. https://t.co/t2tBm0Md04

Sri Aurobindo has written a lot on meditation but frankly I have not much experience. I stress on reading therefore which combines karma, bhakti, and gyana. It also invokes the emergence aspect of language as sound is the locus of creation. Reciting SAVITRI is an Evolutionary act

It's a common complain that Western academicians continue to be not very impressed by Sri Aurobindo. But when Indians themselves are not very particular to read his works, then why blame the foreigners? #ARYA100Years (1914-21) therefore needs to be included in University syllabus

Time moves in its own leisurely pace and so suffering long spells of undesirable situations is natural. Sri Aurobindo however points out that sudden changes are possible but not frequent. Key is to imagine events as part of a spiritual continuum and not as secular, cut and dried.

I have devoted 2-3 decades to secondary literature on Sri Aurobindo including Western perspectives on him. It has been amply rewarding but at the end of the day, his own writings seem to be so self-sufficient. #ARYA100Years (1914-21) is enough for the rest of the present century.

Political parties are essential in a Democracy but on what basis people will gather under a party is not clear. Natural cementing factors like skin colour, caste, religion, language, ethnicity, or personality cult are said to be bad. So no rational solution for this contradiction.

Congress hates Hindutva and Hindutva hates Congress; thus their principles are same. Each faction has its justifications but judging their validity is difficult. Sri Aurobindo spoke of the Evolutionary push towards Harmony. This is a superior principle with self-propelling power.

Many refuse to admit that following Sri Aurobindo and Hindutva simultaneously is an impossibility but they continue because Hindutva accommodates such hypocrisy. I have been pointing this out from the very inception. It's much more honest to be in one camp instead of oscillating.

Ambedkar, Savarkar, Golwalkar, Deen Dayal, Ram Swarup, Sita Ram Goel; the competition is getting tougher. Hindutva hands are unable to decide who is the greatest thinker. For us, there's no confusion; #ARYA100Years (1914-21) by #SriAurobindo is the single-source of supreme wisdom

Present day Indians are so perplexed about what's happening since 2014 that it's impossible for them to imagine something so profound as #ARYA100Years (1914-21) by Sri Aurobindo. Yet, the solutions to all societal crises are to be found in these pages written during World War I.

In #ARYA100Years (1914-21), Sri Aurobindo translated and wrote commentaries on all the Sanskrit texts one needs to know. Thus, wasting energy in learning the language is best avoided. Studying his other books and imbibing some comparative analyses is more important than Sanskrit.

Vivekananda tried to raise a new religion around Ramakrishna and Nehru attempted the same around Gandhi. Both failed but count as important milestone in reforming Indian society. Savitri Era Religion with The Mother & Sri Aurobindo as inspiration is the real option for the future

They are all past paradigms; Sri Aurobindo represents the future. Following him can enable Indians to rise above all forms factionalism, sectarianism, and parochialism. He has analysed all these 100 years back in the ARYA magazine. His #FiveDreams and #WorldUnion are real agenda.

ARYA writings of Sri Aurobindo (1914-21) were meant for removing many confusions accumulated over the previous century both in India and the West. This herculean task has not been adequately appreciated during the last 100 years. Votaries of Indian wisdom and values must wake up.

In #ARYA100Years (1914-21), #SriAurobindo delegitimised the narrow notion of Hindu by foregrounding the universal "Veda." This is a volcanic event the implications of which are yet to be understood by Indians as all factionalism, parochialism, or sectarianism fell by the wayside.

Many are not comfortable with Ashram as a cult and thus tend to avoid #SriAurobindo. That's certainly not the right approach. #ARYA100Years (1914-21) provides a pure intellectual playground and a Manifesto for the future. Be it Cosmology or Evolution, even science is challenged.

Expressions like All religions are same or The world's a family are ridiculed regularly but no one can rob their metaphysical import. Fundamental unity of human race can't be denied just because someone belongs to another religion. One can't absolve himself from basic duty to him.

Saturday, October 10, 2020

ARYA 100 Years (1914-21) has all the knowledge

Identifying with Odisha, India, or Hindu seem distant and alien. Even Humanity is too abstract. Definitely not Socialism or Communism. Science too is suspect. Only Democracy seems precious with its promise of values for their own sake. Certainly utopian but still work in process.

Reading the Wikipedia article on Sri Aurobindo can offer so many new insights and useful information. The Judeo-Vedic lineage has so much potential for transformation of the future world that alternative notions of Evolution or Integral seem so very hollow https://t.co/kSp1UTmfhD https://t.co/dyacH1sW2O

Despite so much of progress in science and technology, life is still shrouded in mystery. Sri Aurobindo's cosmology in this context remains the only reliable framework. From Anthropology to Zoology, it's an overarching guide map for diverse fields of study and practical pursuits. https://t.co/uHR9Qf34Km

In The Life Divine, Sri Aurobindo left a caveat: Mahout-Brahman vs. the elephant-Brahman. Very important to deal with practical matters. So, no arbitrary throwing away the staff of science.

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Matrubhaban in Cuttack, Odisha is the hub of dissemination of the philosophy of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo in Odisha and elsewhere through nearly a thousand schools and thousands of Study Circles. All may pay a visit and take a tour to Dalijoda as well. https://t.co/mtM1lyLSUj https://t.co/eEmHTNakcB

Machine is able to perform so many things today but when it comes to reading reams of reports and petitions to Ministers and preparing responses on diverse subjects, only IAS officers fit the bill. They are the best examples of how Humanities is crucial for public administration.

Democracy is an everyday affair. It demands all ethical principles and practices like the Vedic tenets. In that sense, not much difference between politics and yoga. The challenge is to make a difference and words matter. Ajit Bhattacharjea (1924–2011) edited "Everyman's weekly."

Democracy entails election of a govt but countless handles here announce their no confidence in it. Prima facie, this is unconstitutional. But since most do it to earn their livelihood, the perspective changes. Citizens expressing free opinion on issues of course takes a beating.

Makers of modern India:

William Jones (28 September 1746 – 27 April 1794)

Henry Thomas Colebrooke (15 June 1765 – 10 March 1837)

William Carey (17 August 1761 – 9 June 1834)

Allan Octavian Hume (4 June 1829 – 31 July 1912)

Charles Freer Andrews (12 February 1871 – 5 April 1940)

Sri Aurobindo encouraged his disciples to differ and debate over diverse issues as a result of which we have seven volumes of his Letters. But not many here seem to be interested in writing tweets or a comment. Writing, however, is the only way for developing the skill of writing https://t.co/UsFGFxmxYF

Writing also involves waiting. A prayerful sentiment seeking inspiration or even direct supply of content. One may be writing ordinary things but once in a while something extraordinary come to be expressed. So to be a tool of such inspired moments is yoga https://t.co/rL4WBBzIoD

Gone are those days when someone or the other used to resign from the govt, party post, or even party in protest against some issue. No such individual show of ideals now. Conformism is ruling the roost. Even protests are indicators of conformism and indoctrination; no own views.

Universities world over are teaching outdated stuff in Philosophy. As is well understood, Philosophy is a speculative subject sans any viable means of empirical validation. A sophisticated post-Darwin Cosmological framework like Sri Aurobindo's shouldn't be kept outside syllabus.

The meaning of Dharma for all practical purposes is condoning vice in the pretext of professional compulsion. That's how everyone is drawn into the system and image management takes the centrestage. Virtue and vice go side by side too in Sri Aurobindo's Philosophy as Divine agent

For any wrong, political parties blame each other and women would blame men. That's the easiest solution which also yields a lot of satisfaction. But to see through this script is the real challenge. How the players negotiate events or fight resistance to establish ethics is key.

The beauty of Sri Aurobindo's philosophy is that ordinary situations of life can't be decoupled from the notion of God or creator. Viewing all imperfections as just a stage in path of Evolutionary journey is the most optimistic account of reality. Marxists lack this escape route.

Aurobindo's Philosophy of Brahman - Stephen H. Phillips - 1986 - is an excellent and provocative interrogation by a competent Westerner. No such attempt is available by any Indian that's critical as well as sympathetic. #ARYA100Years (1914-21) should enthuse more such encounters.

Congress is out of power today due to decades of cumulative resistance the genesis of which can be traced to Sri Aurobindo's role in 1907 at Surat. If BJP, RSS, or Modi forget about past struggles and seek to impose any monochromatic narrative, then the consequences can be bitter

Four dates redefined the course of modern civilisation:

August 15, 1872

March 29, 1914

August 14, 1947

February 29, 1956

Indians must endeavour to understand their significance so that #WorldUnion takes shape for fostering human unity, peace, and harmony. Om #SriMaa #SriAurobindo

Impressive professional presentation. The Secret of the Veda by Sri Aurobindo in #ARYA100Years (1914-21) contains many clues to understand the distant past. He suggests that the rituals may not have validity. Hope, you consult them in future studies. Link https://t.co/LaSsfNCMb3

1262 followers in eight years but I take it as 262 of which only 62 notice and 2 respond. Even that is a great achievement in this age of infotainment overload sans firm value assessment. Standing by the best brand #SriAurobindo is therefore the most logical step (or lack of it).

All anti-Modi elements are striving hard to join hands which directly benefits Congress. This is the biggest tragedy of the country today. There's a ideology vacuum but a slight tilt can provide a better perspective. Sri Aurobindo is the only recourse to surmount present impasse. https://t.co/WSacf2gU0c

I have stressed on the ideology aspect which is pivotal in the long run. Economy is cyclic and self-correcting; Govt has minimal role in this.

It's not merely about 19th century Bengal or its past. What happened on March 29, 1914 in Puducherry is of immense importance. #ARYA100Years should wake up the nation from its slumber to recognise how The Mother & Sri Aurobindo appear increasingly relevant for the future scenario https://t.co/BlfPBWQCHi

Most here know nothing about Sri Aurobindo except his remark on Gandhi. Rather his strictures against Hitler are more pertinent. In his poem, The Dwarf Napoleon, he foretells

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Until he meets upon his storm-swept road

A greater devil—or thunderstroke of God.

Leave aside matters of deep philosophical importance like Sri Aurobindo's, even basic sociological facts pointed out by Katju meets derision. Instead of going to the roots of problems, people are happy with superficial outrage and political rhetoric. Empiricism can't always win.

By facilitating holding of power by certain individuals, Democracy gives rise to different classes. They and their families continue to enjoy special status even after ceasing to be in power. No different from the feudal set up. Dynasty proliferates with all trappings of Royalty.

ARYA100Years (1914-21) should be the focus of the nation. #SriAurobindo rectified many errors of the past centuries and ensured future speculations to be redundant. Enormous scope for research and leadership potential in each field of study. #ARYA100Years https://t.co/UQxaFgnaIF

Current framework of Science fails to accommodate Sri Aurobindo's cosmological schema but is unable to refute it. This grand Vedic exposition is the most valuable contribution of the last century. Unfortunate that Indian professionals are oblivious of such a futuristic treasure.

Gandhi thought and wrote; endeavoured to theorise. Practiced transparency; his life was in the open and was always under the public gaze. Many disagreed with him, yet many more revered him. This much is enough to rate him as great despite his multiple failings. He inspires still.

India as a republic is a failure. States deserve Sovereignty under a federal umbrella. Languages should find their safe homes and people in one corner shouldn't bother about minor incidents happening thousands of KMs away. Sri Aurobindo predicted #WorldUnion on August 14, 1947.

Modernity enjoins upon us the responsibility of not espousing false claims. So not to be carried away by pronouncements of ancient texts or their modern advocates is essential since most of such things are unsubstantiated. Legends relating to places of worship too hoodwink folks.

Overthrowing science is not easy nor desirable even though it leading to blind alleys recurringly is frustrating. So, no harm in keeping the idea of Sachidananda from which all ensues at the back of the mind as Sri Aurobindo suggests in The Synthesis of Yoga and The Life Divine.

Common words like Evolution, Transformation, Aspiration, or Surrender bear special connotation in Sri Aurobindo's Philosophy and Yoga. Those trained in traditional texts fail to see the difference. Therefore The Mother & Sri Aurobindo need to be accepted sans any past connection.

What's the best way for establishing Sri Aurobindo's relevance? His work is overshadowed by the crowded contemporary scene. Yet, the hope of a harmonious society is a lingering theme in most of his writings. Not just reforms but by Transformation of consciousness lent from above.

Sri Aurobindo wrote down everything modern Indians need to know in ARYA (1914 - 21) and all later day philosophies are misleading. It's a matter of regret that the present govt is reluctant to give the honour to Sri Aurobindo that he so eminently deserves.

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Monday, September 28, 2020

Navajyoti was a new revolution

Uma haimavati appears in Kenopanishada but unfortunately no one understands her significance. Etymological clues are also ambivalent. But she holds the key to unlock the Veda. This story is the most direct way of telling symbolic meanings of Vedic deities. https://t.co/j2yyrYwtq2

An article on illegal fund raising by D.P. Chattopadhyaya as a Congress Minister has been published. His books however should be of concern of the present generation. His magisterial, "Sri Aurobindo and Karl Marx" is an excellent treatise for understanding the current situation.

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The Veda includes so many things. They were compiled at different points of time signifying distilled wisdom of a long pre-Vedic era and a vast geographical expanse. What's known as Hindu on the contrary is a later formulation with much adulteration and Hindutva is still narrower

It isn't my fault that though born and brought up in a traditional Hindu family, I found more meaning in the teaching of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo. No doubt it needs some effort which I find others aren't very particular about. Most are satisfied with the ordinary religious mode.

Seed of Integral Yoga is hybrid since "design of Sri Aurobindo's symbol is very similar to that of Théon's." The Cosmology of The Life Divine is a response to Darwin. There are various other streams and rivulets culminating in SAVITRI. It's a huge Evolutionary project for future.

Bengal Renaissance is a cause for constant irritation to Hindutva and today's victim is Vivekananda. Savitri Era Religion (since 2006) is the best option in this context. No court approval for birth of any new religion is necessary but Elst indicating the same can be misleading.

Story of the West between Ludwig Feuerbach (1804–1872) and Jean Gebser (1905–1973) can be considered as the most crucial vis-à-vis Evolution.

From Raja Ram Mohan Roy (1772–1833) to Sri Aurobindo (1872–1950) & Mirra Alfassa (1878–1973) is an interesting parallel in Indian context.

Navajyoti took birth a couple of years after me and by the time I was able to read, some old issues were already part of the library in our village home. Right reading material at the right time therefore is extremely important in one's life. #SriAurobindo

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As ARYA (1914-1921) will close within next four months a hundred years ago let's remember that ten to twelve major works of Sri Aurobindo got published in a systematic manner. Collectively these books constitute a veritable University. Indians need to read https://t.co/evlIvfvRuZ

~This post is extremely important for understanding Sri Aurobindo philosophically.

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~one suffers not only from the repression of one’s biological drives but also can suffer from suppression of the sublime (Reddy, 1988). Soumitra Basu

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Autobiographical Notes and Other Writings of Historical Interest https://t.co/A4YJxAWu9Z

Many new religions have developed around Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore, Subhas, Periyar, Ambedkar, Savarkar, et al. Facts are essential.

1920: The Mother has returned back with new experiences and renewed resolve to make the world see light. Nothing is secure not even her equations with Sri Aurobindo or his associates. ARYA has done its job; something else is needed. An experiment of living in a spiritual commune.

From my list of top 108 Hindu handles, I observe that no two persons agree on any matter. Fierce fighting is on on various counts. Obviously there's no common ground nor any solution to age-old contradictions. Sri Aurobindo refused to be in favour of reforms which was respectable

Sri Aurobindo was a keen observer of Indian scene, especially the intellectual melting pot of 19th century culminating in the confusion that Vivekananda preached with unfounded certainty. His stress on Vedanta became outdated after Sri Aurobindo revealed "The Secret of the Veda."

From 95 Theses to 22 Pledges, only the froth has been seen as profound fermentation. ARYA (1914 - 21) is a tangible event in World history which can no longer be ignored. A must read for all irrespective of prejudices against Sri Aurobindo as an escapist or inaugurator of a cult.

The best way to look at the galaxy of great men involved in the struggle for independence is that they are all different characters in a gigantic play. That way the scene becomes interesting instead of blaming them for the part they played. This in fact is the spiritual approach.

By writing on diverse themes in ARYA month after month for six and a half years, Sri Aurobindo built a firm foundation for a future civilisation by laying down universal principles and showing solutions for common challenges. Essential reading for negotiating ethical quandaries.

Encouragement of a purer sattwic element is the business of ethics, says Sri Aurobindo in SoY which implies that everything is not wired or predetermined. There's always a choice for redesigning the future in which the nature or the result of action don't actually matter too much.

Amusing to read tweets on diverse issues plus puerile responses from very sensible people. Reading Sri Aurobindo is such a foundation that there's no confusion or vacillation. But most are content with stray quotations. How this deficit can be met is a big intellectual challenge.

Many intellectuals worked consistently and pushed narrative to bring the present Govt. to power but they have not been rewarded adequately. Their sense of satisfaction however is more vital. But they missed the opportunity of reading Sri Aurobindo's books. https://t.co/UQxaFgnaIF

Right understanding of the past is essential for possessing a sound perspective for the future. History of ideas has been a fertile field since May 1968. Attemts like The Human Condition can be accused of a tilt... So, exerercising utmost caution while... https://t.co/fWYJ4YspBX

The Mother's symbol signifies her four core powers from which twelve powers radiate. Direct correlation with the physical world can't be established yet in a scenario of seamless consciousness things seem normal. But the demand of science to unravel the mystery is a valid project https://t.co/7GxQGSEucC

Year after year, The Mother & Sri Aurobindo repeated one simple thing. That faith, sincerity and surrender are the basic tools. Nothing to do with anti-intellectualism or anti-work mentality but to understand that mind is not always a safe guide. Excessive individualism can fail.

Sri Aurobindo is the only top leader active in the Bande Mataram (Partition of Bengal) movement in 1905 to have seen Independence in 1947 and Constitution in 1950. In between he also navigated through two World Wars. He also saw assassination of Gandhi but historians neglect him.

The Mother returned back in 1920 and seeds of a formal Ashram was sown. She was enthusiastic in 1972 that Sri Aurobindo's teaching should reach every home. Auroville conflict unfortunately was a dampener but their vision hasn't lost an iota of relevance. Indians need to recognise

To understand the symbolism behind four goddesses, one needs to read Sri Aurobindo's The Secret of the Veda. https://t.co/RVKL6hPfj9

[Draupadi is a composite Avatar of Goddesses Shyamala (wife of Dharma), Bharati (Wife of Vayu), Sachi (wife of Indra), and Usha (wife of Ashwins)]

The Synthesis of Yoga continued till the end and can be seen as richer than The Life Divine as Sri Aurobindo finished major works on Gita, Karma, and Poetry after it. Some atheists are taking interest in religion but they should grow right perspective only through Sri Aurobindo.

Centenary

Arya–7. No 2 — September 1920 by Sri Aurobindo

~The Synthesis of Yoga

LXX The Supramental Thought and Knowledge

~The Lines of Karma

The Terrestrial Law

~A Defense of Indian Culture (A Rationalistic Critic on Indian Culture) • 19

~Shama’s: Review

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The author passed away recently

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Ecstatic Archaisms of Aurobindo Ghose – Prasanta Chakravarty #SriAurobindo

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Thursday, September 10, 2020

From 95 Theses to 22 Pledges

The author passed away recently

1. https://t.co/NWmOOJ0xUv

2. https://t.co/PDWNAac52s

3. https://t.co/OD2Rk2lcbe

An excellent account of Sri Aurobindo's life and work of more than a century back. Needs to be widely circulated. @OdiaCulture @BBSRBuzz @shantprakash @NathTusar #SriAurobindo #WorldUnion

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1277266321860816898?s=19

Speaking of fiction, perhaps the closest one to the logic of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo is that slim but great book by Richard Bach: Jonathan Livingston Seagull https://t.co/Auh9ahFrvb

The Mother & Sri Aurobindo postulated reconfiguration of Cell functioning as an Evolutionary necessity for attaining Immortality. Hope, this is a step forward in the direction of unraveling that mystery. How much volition or yoga can really engineer changes in biological process.

The self-evident validity and legitimacy of the Gandhi-Nehru-Tagore-Radhakrishnan consensus has been challenged successfully but by not replacing that with Sri Aurobindo's multifaceted architecture, a vacuum has been created. Those who rush in to fill that huge space are pygmies.

Education aspect is very important in the present context. Without a firm anchor and proper direction, drifting is easy. Sri Aurobindo represents Modernity imbibing the best elements from tradition. No better example of a right mix than his yogic insights. https://t.co/ngN6ehiJ9C

Veda doesn't mean that one has to go through complex poetical creations in dreary Sanskrit. Sri Aurobindo has made the job easier by psychological interpretation of the deities. The Secret of the Veda by him explained originally in English is an essential reading for all Indians.

Past continues because of the vacuum but Sri Aurobindo is relevant for the future scenario. Not many are convinced about that and the young generation suffers. Understanding the secrets of SAVITRI is extremely necessary for fighting the Coronavirus crisis. Also Secret of the Veda.

Sri Aurobindo in The Human Cycle visualises more or less an identical scenario but not with such extreme or reductionist consequences. He looks forward to radical ruptures in the texture of consciousness so that the whole template of aesthetics undergoes drastic transformations.

4. Rescuing Sri Aurobindo from anachronistic portrayals and snares of literalism

5. Interventions for including Sri Aurobindo in the Western discourse, especially in academic philosophy

6. Reclaiming the word Integral for restoring to it The Mother & Sri Aurobindo's connotations.

Sunday, September 06, 2020

Atheists should grow right perspective through Sri Aurobindo

Centenary

Arya–7. No 2 — September 1920 by Sri Aurobindo

~The Synthesis of Yoga

LXX The Supramental Thought and Knowledge

~The Lines of Karma

The Terrestrial Law

~A Defense of Indian Culture (A Rationalistic Critic on Indian Culture) • 19

~Shama’s: Review

https://t.co/VjPgsVNCLp

To understand the symbolism behind four goddesses, one needs to read Sri Aurobindo's The Secret of the Veda. https://t.co/RVKL6hPfj9

[Draupadi is a composite Avatar of Goddesses Shyamala (wife of Dharma), Bharati (Wife of Vayu), Sachi (wife of Indra), and Usha (wife of Ashwins)]

TV and Internet teach in a variety of ways apart from general and professional education plus job experience. Still, the situation of any individual is precarious and lopsided. The Mother & Sri Aurobindo invite to examine what is missing. They tell about the hidden forces of life

A major mistake many are prone to is overlooking The Mother when she indeed is the foundation. Writings of Sri Aurobindo can give a very discordant picture without her harmonising effect. No wonder, Sri Aurobindo brought the ARYA to an end after her final arrival a century back.

Many don't know that Sri Aurobindo was a Christian and The Mother, a Jew. So, there is nothing unusual about their Western connection. Besides, their collaboration in bringing out ARYA in August 1914 was meant for integration of East and West by elbowing out Theosophical Society.

Freedom has negative connotations; freedom from some original bondage, tyranny, or subservience. So achieving freedom is supposed to be a struggle and constant striving. One possible meaning of All life is yoga is this. Sri Aurobindo chose the word Arya to convey this imperative.

This brilliant thread tells the history but can't locate the invisible hand of Sri Aurobindo who later wrote [We welcome it all the more because it seems to be conceived in the same free and synthetic spirit as animates this Review. -Arya Aug 1914]. Tilak spoke about him in jail.

There's a misconception that Sri Aurobindo is not a philosopher because once he had remarked so. One of his best philosophical writings is The Problem of Rebirth which was serialised in ARYA 100 years back. He never gave the impression of resolving the mystery of Karma. Must read

After completing six successful volumes the first issue of the seventh volume of ARYA was published in August 1920. No one knew that it will stop midway and the last issue was January 1921. Sri Aurobindo overturned the wisdom of past six thousand years in these six and half years https://t.co/baEjklM6oK

BJP is in power and RSS has the remote but though their ideological lines are not very clear and they somehow revel in ambivalence, young Indians must search for authentic sources of knowledge and justifications independently. The Mother & Sri Aurobindo had launched ARYA in 1914.

Sri Aurobindo — Arya – Vol 6. No 2 — September 1919:

A Defense of Indian Culture (A Rationalistic Critic on Indian Culture) 8 – pp.91-105

LVIII. The Elements of Perfection – pp.79-86

Recent English Poetry (3) – pp.106-114

Karma and Freedom – pp.115-128

Above the Gunas – pp.65-78

Monday, August 31, 2020

Sri Aurobindo is pivotal to history

Inferiority complex is so rampant in India that no one dares to occupy the top position but Savitri Era Party has no competition today in terms of ideology and future vision. But the copy-paste brigade unfortunately fail to realise this opportunity and are content with servility.

The right way to know about Sri Aurobindo is to understand in what respects he differs from his contemporaries like Vivekananda, Tilak, Tagore, Gandhi, or Brajendra Nath Seal. They were all influenced by the West yet in highly differing ways. Current discourse should take lessons.

This is the first honest portrayal of Sri Aurobindo as a Theory hand as Neelakandan has been very reluctant and constipated in the past. Still the full throated acclaim is awaited but he has been able to show who the real boss is. Now all books need to be recalibrated or rejected.

It's heartening to see more and more people learning about and developing appreciation for Sri Aurobindo. But it's not an easy task as it takes at least a decade. Working for Savitri Era Party OTOH can impart the right orientation and sense of achievement and no school or college.

Amusing to notice tweets quoting Sri Aurobindo validating gods and goddesses as if it's his main work. People are so bonded to the past that they even use The Mother & Sri Aurobindo for this. Strange that devotees don't accept them fully and put their legs in two different boats.

My request is to incorporate the arguments on Karma presented by Sri Aurobindo (in both prose and poetry)... It’s good that Lele is pragmatically arriving there without reading Sri Aurobindo... Lele will find a very good authority for his “cherry picking.” https://t.co/lDRhCw9D6t

For many years it was mainstream and everyone believed in the same paradigm. So much so that even Girilal Jain had to wait for his retirement. Now also most seem to have succumbed to a similar kind of smugness but Savitri Era Party keeps on reminding them about lack of legitimacy.

Disinformation campaigns have multiplied and institutional initiative needed to unearth truth. But a basic challenge is to accept the new interpretation of the Veda by Sri Aurobindo so that falsehoods can be dismantled. Research on root sounds will open many pathways to meaning.

Misc. References:

1. Mr. Chandranath Basu used world Hindutva for the first time in the modern history of India, he penned down a book with a title ‘Hindutva’ as back as in 1892 unfortunately the narration by him about Hindutva is least known in public domain. https://t.co/09seOULLMd

https://twitter.com/sunandavashisht/status/1299204749523333120?s=19

2. History may or may not repeat but it definitely rhymes and it rhymes with clarion amplification when political conditions in country spin out with same issues. The urge in the people to revive history gathers momentum once they are settled with a belief that for considerable period their rights are thrown to wind by not hitting at the root cause of problems which they are grappling with. Hindutva is one of such topics which have long hermeneutical history, right wing ideologues hold Hindutva in high regard at epistemological level and for left leaning intellectuals, Hindutva is force of devastation which inherently foments divisiveness in the society.

Forgotten Voices of Hindutva Aug 27, 2020 Shrijeet Phadke

https://www.myind.net/Home/viewArticle/forgotten-voices-of-hindutva

Rishi Rajnarayan Basu is also one of the chapters of history of forgotten Hindutva voices. He was not only a maternal grandfather of Yogi Aurobindo but a vocal supporter of Hindutva...

A thought of ‘Swadeshi’ therefore could be sensed in his ideological set up and it would not be wrong to brand him as a pioneer of Swadeshi ideology.

3. THE ENIGMA OF HEROES: Revolutionary nationalists as guiding spirits. I write for #TheFreedomIssue2020 of @Openthemag https://t.co/gRPplPwTC0 https://t.co/pglOHYXorh

https://twitter.com/sudeeppaul/status/1294204896678354945?s=19

COVER STORY | FREEDOM ISSUE 2020: PAST IS PROLOGUE

The Enigma of Heroes

Revolutionary nationalists as guiding spirits

Sudeep Paul | 13 Aug, 2020 In Memories of My Life and Times (1932), Bipin Chandra Pal, tracing a significant departure in Giuseppe Mazzini’s career, wrote: ‘Secret assassinations, Mazzini discovered, paid a premium to moral cowardice…The policy and methods of the Carbonari could not possibly find an effective remedy to this moral disease. Mazzini, therefore, left the Carbonari and boldly faced the persecutions of the Austrian government.’

Mazzini, in India, is forgotten but he served at one time as shorthand for all Western influences on Indian nationalism, including the French Revolution, Russian anarchists, and revolutionaries across Europe.

4. @arvindneela on the unexplored connection between Sri Aurobindo, Sayajirao Gaekwad, and Babasaheb Ambedkar:

https://t.co/a2bNIRulEW

https://twitter.com/SwarajyaMag/status/1294497682350731264?s=19

5. Those familiar with Holland’s oeuvre will already be acquainted with his extraordinary talent for fusing gripping story telling with historical narrative ...

Superbly written in his distinctive punchy style, one senses an almost hymnal rhythm to the prose, punctuated by occasional ribaldry and with a soupcon of dry English wit. Holland’s rich mélange of humour, solemnity, horror and poignancy is served with an elegance few writers could hope to emulate.

of all my blog posts over the years I really do recommend you read this one.] https://t.co/24lzETkuKY

https://evergreenessays.blogspot.com/2020/08/an-almost-hymnal-rhythm-to-prose.html?m=1

https://selforum.blogspot.com/2020/08/rich-melange-of-humour-solemnity-horror.html?m=1

Sunday, August 30, 2020

Promoting Sanskrit is ill advised

I keep on revising my Twitter bio and here are the latest:

Director, Savitri Era Learning Forum; President, @SavitriEraParty & Founder, #SavitriEra Religion. Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother

https://twitter.com/NathTusar?s=09

Savitri Era of those who adore, Om Sri Aurobindo & The Mother. @NathTusar Tusar Nath Mohapatra tusarnmohapatra@gmail.com #FiveDreams #WorldUnion Ph-96500-65636

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty?s=09

The magnitude of issues Twitter shuffles is too onerous for any person and added to it fake and sponsered content. Each one is dispensing or disbursing something. So, the concept of discourse is missing. Still, it's reach and utility is incomparable.

Those who are drawn towards the vortex of Sanskrit texts in their youthful enthusiasm are inviting trouble for all their life. One text will lead to another and then multiple commentaries etc. would rob many pleasures and cause vertigo. Sri Aurobindo's English translations safer.

Promoting Sanskrit means bondage with the past. Absurd mythology, politically incorrect glorifications, and archaic grammar rules etc. Modern Indian languages have successfully negotiated present challenges and are infinitely better to be given priority. So, no Sanskrit in school.

Anything written in Sanskrit seems to be self-evident truth. This impression is wrong; even the Vedas and Upanishads are at best theories, a certain perspective since nothing has been finally proved. Thus, English and local language are the best tools. A new two-language formula.

https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1166760797726375936?s=19

August 28, 2019

Misc. References:

1. Urdu film industry Bollywood, Savior of Kothe ki zubaan in India

https://t.co/gri3qaG1ur

https://twitter.com/Aranyake/status/1143797969889529859?s=19

2. I am a massive advocate for Sanskrit. But I am also neutral in how scientific terms are created. For example, German doesn’t use Latin (like English) but builds up the words from native roots. Let all languages choose what they want. Even better, let them create alternatives.

https://twitter.com/vakibs/status/1299742658651451396?s=19

I am thinking more and more these days that Sanskrit and Hindi need not be seen as two different languages, but as two different registers of a single language continuum.

Other Indian languages can also be seen similarly, with Sanskrit register being an inherent part of language.

https://twitter.com/vakibs/status/1298722907351179265?s=19

The power of Sanskrit: fecund word formation, technical precision, copious vocabulary etc. can all be borrowed within Hindi (or Telugu, Bengali, Marāthi, Malayalam etc), while the basic grammar for tense and case modalities can remain with Hindi. Is that really a problem?

Of course, Sanskrit can be treated as an independent language in it’s own right. And people can study that separately. But memorizing thousands of tense and case endings just to speak a sentence will be hard for novices. Why should we insist on making this hard journey for all?

https://twitter.com/vakibs/status/1298724186995621896?s=19

3. Not too constructive, but let's say it again. The NEP shows a hopeless RSS-BJP desire to push Hindi instead of Engl. Rajendra Prasad 1949 rendered India an enormous disservice by giving his deciding vote to Hindi, not Skt. In replacing Eng, Skt would have had a fighting chance.

https://twitter.com/Koenraad_Elst/status/1298720693148741636?s=19

4. If you believe in doing Sādhana over multiple lives, it is fine. 😀 Besides, the beauty of Sanskrit is the effect on the mind. It cools it down through the vibrations of the inner voice when we read the texts.

https://twitter.com/vakibs/status/1166768223695593472?s=19

August 28, 2019

5. A whiff of the #sanskrit verb vṛt/vart (to turn, revolve) can be caught around “vertigo”, “vortex” and (the Indian email favorite) “revert.”

https://twitter.com/nitshark/status/641110846358335488?s=19

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Who is Bharati?

To understand the symbolism behind four goddesses, one needs to read Sri Aurobindo's The Secret of the Veda. https://t.co/RVKL6hPfj9

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1298387795791065088?s=19

Human nature can't be compared with anything else; they are just indicators. Sri Aurobindo stresses on Fraternity - the third formula - on the Vedic Mitra-Varuna principle. We are moving towards that.

https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1286695728966860804?s=19

The last sentence is flawed. Of the four Varnas, the last one is especially geared to work with the service motive. Mahasaraswati in The Mother book represents that faculty. https://t.co/gEPjHIaqEu

Misc. References:

1. Why does Draupadi marry the five Pandava brothers? What causes Indra and Sachi to reincarnate as the Pandavas and Draupadi? Read the secret of the origin of Pandavas and Panchali. #mahabharata #Pandavas #Draupadi @IndicAcademy

https://t.co/sMc8C5MMUM

https://twitter.com/indictoday/status/1298372077045645312?s=19

[As per Narada Puran, and Vayu Purana, Draupadi is a composite Avatar of Goddesses Shyamala (wife of Dharma), Bharati (Wife of Vayu), Sachi (wife of Indra), and Usha (wife of Ashwins) and hence marries their earthly counterparts in Pandavas.] https://t.co/XstgJiWeEN

2. Hm! Maharshi Agastya & Vasiṣṭa are the shared sons of Mitra-Varuna through Urvashi. Vasista is favored towards Maharshi Parashara, & in Slavic, it's derived as Perun (Verun/Varenya, Varuna) w/Axe! Through India, the common Indo-Iran & Indo-European universal are relatable! etc.

https://twitter.com/svmke1/status/1123175443006414848?s=19

3. This thread tempts me to see something analogous to the "Mitra-Varuṇa duality" in the Bhāgavatam episode where an undersea Viṣṇu makes and defines categories(eg. nectar vs poison) and an overhead Śiva breaks and defies them(making a jewel of poison).https://t.co/5xIrrX3Lkc 1/2

https://twitter.com/longhandnotes/status/1114521378042990592?s=19

Nature or Prakṛiti in which the Divine works in a goal-directed way

K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar (1908–1999) also wrote biographies of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo. His daughter Prema Nandakumar too has written extensively on literature and culture. Her thesis on SAVITRI is a masterpiece. Younger generation must partake of this wide intellectual horizon. https://t.co/poLppXXuoe

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1286248632795070464?s=19

It’s really disconcerting to find so much of disagreement after so much of explanations and clarifications. That of course is in the nature of philosophy.

My request is to incorporate the arguments on Karma presented by Sri Aurobindo (in both prose and poetry); Lele seems be very near to it without realising. It’s good that he is pragmatically arriving there without reading Sri Aurobindo.

And, if I’m correct, then it will be a big breakthrough for Indian philosophy; Lele will find a very good authority for his “cherry picking.”

Misc. References:

1. The leading defender was K.D. Sethna.He was supported by V.K. Gokak, Karan Singh, Sisirkumar Ghose n K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar. But the new poets formed a large army against Sri Aurobindo, the poet. Obviously they had to remove the giant from the limelight to establish themselves!

https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1137052999585374209?s=19

K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar's biography of Sri Aurobindo is till date the best one. It is not "hagiography" at all. It is subtly critical n balanced. When d subject's name is Sri Aurobindo one has to be extremely careful. Criticise we must but on bended knees!

https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1135945497674313728?s=19

The more I think of K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar the more surprises strike me! What language, what insights, what dedicated focus on Sri Aurobindo! Both in quality n quantity he is amazing! Gift apart, I wonder who were his teachers in the 1920s n 1930s!

https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1157540398035693568?s=19

" Almost fifty years a-growing, Savitri was shaped and reshaped in the fires of successive inspirations till it achieved at last an adequate splendour of revelation."

K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar, Indian Writing in English, p.191

https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal3/status/1224764337601953792?s=19

2. Dante and Sri Aurobindo: A Comparative Study of The Divine Comedy and Savitri. By Prema Nandakumar. Affiliated East-West Press. 1980. Prema didi is the daughter of K.R. Srinivasa Iyengar.

https://twitter.com/GoutamGhosal2/status/1164540094729953280?s=19

3. Darshan of Sri Aurobindo by Dr. K. R. Srinivasa Iyengar. Beautifully written, one almost relives the experience http://t.co/eo7Wwr3nSM

https://twitter.com/kalisbrood/status/502295307859009536?s=19

4. Evan Thompson

on 11 August 2020 at 4:36 pm said:

I find Sri Aurobindo’s views very interesting. I grew up as a teenager in NY in a community with people who were his followers and who had spent periods of time at Auroville. My father visited Auroville and met The Mother in the 1970s. However, Lele’s views are inconsistent with Aurobindo, because Lele is a naturalist who rejects reincarnation. I expect Lele would also reject Aurobindo’s view of Nature (as Prakṛiti, in which the Divine works in a goal-directed way). So, Lele is really very far away from Aurobindo.

http://indianphilosophyblog.org/2020/08/11/losing-the-thread-a-response-to-lele-guest-post-by-evan-thompson/#comment-304279

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

The Mother is the President of World Union

August 20 is the World Union Day about which Sri Aurobindo theorised elaborately in The Ideal of Human Unity. He reiterated it as his Third Dream three decades later. The Mother is the President of #WorldUnion and let's pray that her unfailing guidance and blessings are with us.

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1296158670351343618?s=19

Born on August 15, 1872, Sri Aurobindo started writing on political matters in 1893. But his open confrontation with Congress came when it split at Surat in 1907. He also had blessings for formation of Swaraj Party in 1923 by

Chittaranjan Das, Motilal Nehru, and Vithalbhai patel.

In the wake of rising spectre of Hitler, Sri Aurobindo threw his weight behind British initiatives. His

four epochal interventions are:

~ 1940: War Funds

~ 1942: Cripps Proposal

~ 1945: Wavell Plan

~ 1946: Cabinet Mission Proposals

https://t.co/wtQeOYXTU8

https://t.co/eGfyE7pHvu

Sri Aurobindo's broadcast on August 14, 1947 outlining his #FiveDreams is the most profound Manifesto for the future humanity. He advocated formation of #WorldUnion for establishing genuine Human Unity and Harmony. The time has come https://t.co/k7WHqOHChV

https://t.co/l7p6y2e8Bq

We are all co-learners and co-workers. Nucleus of #WorldUnion. https://t.co/tJgOCeCc1v

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1296512468563267584?s=19

Vital is a vital category in Sri Aurobindo's teaching. It's crucial for our existence but needs to be under the control of a strong mind. Higher vital helps but lower vital has the habit of dragging downwards. And, mere control is not enough; Sri Aurobindo aims at transformation.

Most people imbibe psychology lessons from movies since academic opportunities are rare. Nothing wrong but human affairs are so complex that even after sixty years one feels perplexed. Besides the spiritual spectrum is hardly interrogated. The Mother & Sri Aurobindo help in this.

Sri Aurobindo's admirers are in millions but somehow they don't come out openly. Response on Twitter yesterday gives the hope that right things will be appreciated and respected, widely. The time has come, it seems; no one can stop his place of being the "Bharata bhagya bidhata."

The Mother & Sri Aurobindo seek transformation of human nature and that can happen anywhere. So, ownership on #SriAurobindo is absurd. Opening to his Vedic ontological formulations and collaborating with Evolutionary forces for materialising the possibilities therein is the task.

Devotion not enough; right understanding is indispensable. Speed is fruitless sans right direction. Make no mistake, admiration for other great men is a barrier for reaching at the teachings of The Mother & Sri Aurobindo. Maintain loyalty to work for humanity and not nationality.

Yes. He has shown a clear connection of Ambedkar deriving clues from Sri Aurobindo. Now, that's only one instance which can open floodgates of PhD topics. And it comes in the wake of hot debates over some fundamental issues raised by the Shankaracharya of Puri. So, interesting!

Misc. References:

1. Thirteen Years in Baroda: Sri Aurobindo’s Discovery of India https://t.co/aFIQfa1eQq

https://twitter.com/Hegdern/status/1297865621586108418?s=19

2. Sri Aurobindo on the intellectual religion of humanity https://t.co/2cFME4PEm0

https://twitter.com/drsbasu2115/status/1297819295360020480?s=19

Sri Aurobindo on the intellectual religion of humanity https://t.co/2cFME4PEm0

Sri Aurobindo's perspective on consciousness (in Bengali)

https://t.co/s4CYkboYtO

3. Over two years, SAFIC will be hosting 12 webinars in total, every two months, on diverse topics based on the teachings and principles of Sri Aurobindo.

https://t.co/lHpkY8Z9jC

https://twitter.com/lifestyle_ie/status/1297164116692357120?s=19

4. Online Webinar On Vital Education - Friday 21st August 2020 - Interactive Session by Ameeta Mehra & Anuradha from The Gnostic Centre https://t.co/jtlTbpcJ8h https://t.co/YKb4clVPZ4

https://twitter.com/Gnostic_Centre/status/1295347773156589568?s=19

5. Paolo Tommasi, an Italian architect and artist who played a significant role in designing the Matrimandir at #Auroville and remained associated with Sri Aurobindo Ashram, succumbed to #COVID19 at #JIPMER at the age of 92. @xpresstn

https://t.co/nG2tOTrToE

https://twitter.com/NewIndianXpress/status/1284179814702878722?s=19

6. Anupama Kundoo,

Shah Houses, India 2016

Her works depend on local material..The loadbearing walls have been built with rammed earth containing 5% cement, which renders them more resistant while and improving their performance during rainy seasons.

#Architecture #design #material https://t.co/JsGKtE6Eqc

https://twitter.com/itswiamm/status/1272918753169334273?s=19

Wall House

Design: Anupama Kundoo.

Location: Auroville, India.

Photographs: Javier Callejas.

#design #architect #architecture

#materialsscience Ref.

https://t.co/ifGM2SI7Xg https://t.co/J1nyIuhViN

https://twitter.com/itswiamm/status/1272920444262404096?s=19

7. The story of #Auroville’s famous #WallHouse, and its creator @AnupamaKundoo encompass the ‘India’ episode of #Home on @AppleTVPlus. The architect talks to @divyakbhavani about her home

https://t.co/F8c9XnC1Xq

https://twitter.com/TheHinduWeekend/status/1253896517141790724?s=19

8. To Dr. Ambedkar 'without fraternity, equality and liberty will be no deeper than coats of paint'; To Sri Aurobindo 'without the spirit and habit of fraternity neither liberty nor equality can be maintained for more than a short season.'

https://t.co/JDWmuVOi8K via @swarajyamag

https://twitter.com/arvindneela/status/1294760934246715392?s=19

9. Aurobindo identified three broad phases in the Bengal-Indian Renaissance.The first, epitomised by Derozian Young Bengal movement, received the ‘European contact’ and rejected the ‘old culture’. @sudeeppaul https://t.co/qxmWP7rbYC

The second, as with Bankim Chandra, was the Indian reaction to the European influence. The third, evidenced in Vivekananda, was a ‘new creation’ wherein Indian genius remained supreme but wedded itself to the best of the Occident.

https://twitter.com/ipspratikpatel/status/1295320605214904320?s=19

10. [there's not a single mention of Sri Aurobindo for the first 522 pages, which analyze the Nazi phenomenon from every angle, Only in the last 140 pages or so does the author attempt to tie it all together with Sri Aurobindo's spiritual vision of the cosmos] https://t.co/P3OX8Lsrvn

[Yes, Van Gogh was an artist, but he was also a seer, or perhaps a "visual prophet," just as Beethoven was an "aural prophet," ... Van Vrekhem demonstrates how Hitler's ideology was in many cases a mirror image of #SriAurobindo's evolutionary philosophy.] https://t.co/iaBpKlbiSW

https://twitter.com/NathTusar/status/1235600912338391040?s=19

11. Unfortunately the wisdom of Aurobindo totally passed by me in the decade plus I spent 6 km north of the Ashram and 6 km south of Auroville. It would be 40+ years for me to rediscover it

https://twitter.com/bennedose/status/1196628181572190208?s=19

12. I have compiled a list of 500 popular old Hindi songs alongwith corresponding YouTube play lists. Those interested may tune in. Also an occasion to remember all those involved in creating such great treasure for all time to come.

https://t.co/MW0KljnjBU

https://t.co/rUKAZnTcxr

13. Memories of living in Sundargarh and Sambalpur for eight years (1977-85) are still fresh. @NathTusar #Nuakhai #NuakhaiJuhar #ନୂଆଖାଇଜୁହାର https://t.co/nTL2fdE9ma

https://twitter.com/SavitriEraParty/status/1297328879636320256?s=19

Selecting the right lens

Right understanding of the past is essential for possessing a sound perspective for the future. History of ideas has been a fertile field since May 1968. Attemts like The Human Condition can be accused of a tilt but each book has its own merit. So, exerercising utmost caution while offering any linear narrative is vital.

The Mother & Sri Aurobindo present an altogether different spectrum studded with large doses of speculation. Their view of the past needs to be analysed transcending the threshold of faith and devotion. Let's hope Lele succeeds where Wilber failed.

Misc. References:

1. The opposite of Christianity https://t.co/VmUN3JXKb2

https://twitter.com/loveofallwisdom/status/1297636703490932737?s=19

2. A book on how virtue helps us flourish https://t.co/5vbTk9n9pZ

https://twitter.com/loveofallwisdom/status/1295099928226791425?s=19

3. The Bliss of the Eternal Permeates the Entire Universe https://t.co/33z73ObmwV

https://twitter.com/santoshk1/status/1297913921345662976?s=19

4. The Supramental Influence Will Impact Mind, Life and Body https://t.co/E0wRqrZxl8

https://twitter.com/santoshk1/status/1296460613435232258?s=19

5. Enjoyed this essay. Relevant paper linked below offering a Whiteheadian interpolation attempting to move us beyond representationalism and enactivism https://t.co/BYc47r3gyj

https://twitter.com/ThouArtThat/status/1298114742704209920?s=19

6. A student of mine just nailed it: “The genius of Whitehead’s process philosophy is in the replacement of translational motion (vectorally oriented in a linear flow) to transitional motion (wholes to parts to wholes in process) as fundamental.”

https://twitter.com/ThouArtThat/status/1297583927415025664?s=19

7. I write about this issue a little bit in my chapter on Whitehead and theoretical biology https://t.co/GmPmQWSaE0

https://twitter.com/ThouArtThat/status/1297286233723301888?s=19

8. Another teacher of mine, Eric Weiss, died yesterday.

He was an integral philosopher, scholar of A. N. Whitehead and Sri Aurobindo.

Eric initiated me into the Whitehead mystery school back in my first semester at CIIS in Fall 2008. I was a night owl back then but still dragged myself out of bed at 6am every week to BART over from Oakland for his 8:30am class. The first time he tried to speak Whiteheadese to us, I had absolutely no idea what he was talking about. But it did startle me awake.

Something about internally related drops of experience perishing into objective immortality in the consequent nature of God... Again, no idea what that might mean at the time, but the passion in his voice and the vortexes streaming from his eyes had me convinced it was worth trying to figure out. Bon voyage, Eric

https://twitter.com/ThouArtThat/status/1295136837300711425?s=19

PS - How auspicious that you passed on Aug 15, which is Sri Aurobindo's birthday as well as the date of the Assumption of Mary.

9. Life, for Sri Aurobindo, is the mutual commerce connecting matter & mind in the manifest universe, an “intermediate energizing of conscious being [that] liberates into sensitive action & reaction a form of the creative force of existence which was working subconsciently or

https://twitter.com/ThouArtThat/status/1098335462182203392?s=19